Thomas P. Glynn

Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School

Thomas Glynn is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School where he teaches Public Management. From 1989 to 1991 Glynn served as General Manager of the MBTA where his focus was on customer service and employee morale. From 2012 to 2018 Glynn served as Chief Executive Officer of Massport which includes Logan Airport, Hanscom Airport, Worcester Regional Airport and the working Port of Boston. Glynn’s focus was increasing the number of international flights, updating the terminals at Logan, protecting the 7,000 blue collar jobs in the Port of Boston, and increasing the priority of diversity commitments in real estate designations which has become known as the Massport Model. At the federal level Glynn served as Deputy Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration. And in the nonprofit sector Glynn served as Chief Operating Officer of Partners Health Care. Glynn has a BA from Tufts University and a PhD from Brandeis University.